Farmers condemn Karnataka govt’s decision to allow rice mill owners to purchase paddy

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December 8, 2018

Mysuru, Dec 8: Farmers Association including Karnataka State Sugar Cane Growers Association’s has flayed the State government's decision of entrusting the task of purchasing paddy to Rice Mill owners.

In a press release issued here on Saturday, Kabini Farmers Hitarakshana Samiti President Kurbur Shanthakumar said the government may have announced a Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Rs 1,750 a quintal for the Paddy and set up procurement Centres in different parts of the State, but “unfortunately, it has entrusted the Rice Mill owners to purchase the paddy", he alleged.

The government should have purchased the paddy through the Food Corporation of India (FCI), which would have forced the Rice Mill owners to offer a remunerative price to farmers for the paddy in competition.

The government is depriving the farmers of an opportunity to sell their paddy for a competitive price by entrusting the task to Rice Mill owners to purchase it.

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Hindu Rashtra …
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Saturday, 8 Dec 2018

HDK is a bourgeois.. He never stood for farmers. He wanted to make feudal age again in Karntaka. No govt stood for farmers except BJP govt

Subbu Acharya
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Saturday, 8 Dec 2018

It shows HDK's obsession towards feudalism.

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June 3,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 3: The Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences at Hubballi has successfully treated a COVID-19 patient through plasma therapy, state medical education minister K Sudhakar said today.

"Karnataka achieves yet another milestone in battle against #COVID19. KIMS Hubli has successfully treated a Covid19 patient through Plasma Therapy & is the first institute in the state to accomplish this. Congrats to KIMS doctors & staff for this feat!" Mr Sudhakar tweeted.

In plasma therapy treatment, plasma cells from a COVID-19 patient, who has recovered from the disease, is transfused to a coronavirus patient who is in critical condition to treat him.

Plasma therapy was effectively used in the past during Ebola and the Spanish flu pandemic.

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January 17,2020

Madikeri, Jan 17: Kannada and Telugu actor Rashmika Mandanna is likely to be further interrogated by Income Tax (I-T) officials on Friday.

The residence and properties by the family of Rashmika were raided by I-T officials on Thursday morning. Following summons issued by I-T officials, Rashmika rushed to her residence on Thursday night and gave details on investments and other financial transactions.

After the interrogation, the I-T officials left for Serenity hall, which is owned by Rashmika's father, at Virajpet at around 2.30 am and stayed back there.

The I-T officials have reportedly directed Rashmika and her father Madan Mandanna not to leave the house.

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July 31,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 31: BJP leader CP Yogeshwar has slammed Yediyurappa supporters and said the JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy is supporting BJP.

Speaking to the reporters, Yogeshwar said, "Congress president DK Shivakumar and Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former CM HD Kumaraswamy, both are Yediyurappa supporters."

"His words seem to support the BJP. All that Kumaraswamy had said, during our government's rule, are happening including the officers they mentioned are being transferred. He has come forward to support BJP from the back door," Yogeshwar.

While reacting to allegations made by CP Yogeshwar, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president DK Shivakumar has said that earlier Yogeshwar requested for State Legislative Council (MLC) member ticket and now such people are blaming me without any evidence. This shows his dishonesty to his party and the kind of person he is." 

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